Opti coat before or after clear bra wrap

[Exhlr8n]

What kind of paint prep is suggested before clear wrap?

Are guys doing Opti-Coat before or after, or just detailed with polish and wax before wrap, or just clean and wax free?

Thanks.

[JonSav]

once wrap goes on everything under is stuck there.. get rid of contaminants and/or imperfections that's it

[2doorrocket]

1. Decontaminate the paint using something like CarPro - IronX
2. Give it a bath with CarPro - Reset
3. Paint Correction - Cutting Polish: Shine Supply Flat Top, Meguiars Microfiber Cutting Pad
4. Finishing Polish - CarPro Essence
5. Coat with CQuartz or have this process done by an authorized Cquartz Finest Installer and Coat with Finest.
6. ClearBra - XPEL Recommended

Maintenance Washes:
CarPro Reset
CarPro Reload Ceramic Sealant Refresh.

[JonSav]

Shouldn't clearbra be applied on to paint directly? it won't bond like it should on a coat of quartz

[FSTENUF]

I have Opti Coat under my wrap along with the paint correction and I have C quartz over the wrap and the entire car. Over kill I know but that's just how it worked out. Very happy with the end result nothing sticks to the wrap or the roof area

[Tay]

What kind of paint prep is suggested before clear wrap?

Are guys doing Opti-Coat before or after, or just detailed with polish and wax before wrap, or just clean and wax free?

Thanks.

Opti-Coat should go on after clear bra.

[XPEL]

Be sure to have your paint protection film installed first, then you can have a coating of your choice installed on top of the film. If you put the coating on first it can cause adhesion issues in the future.

[Exhlr8n]

As Xpel recommended, my Installer wants the Opti-Coat after the wrap, not before. Will do paint prep before wrap, then add coating.

Thanks for the replies.

[Martin]

This is very good to know. So - just to make sure - get down to the pure decontaminated paint, and then install the XPEL over that.

XPEL - I have a question for you. My car is coming in with the Stryker Purple three-coat paint. Will the wrap affect the color changing qualities of the paint at all? Do you have any customers who've seen first-hand how the end-result comes out? I've seen your product on the standard colors and it looks really nice - and I want to make sure that I'm protecting that Stryker Purple as much as I can without taking away from the very cool qualities of that particular (and expensive) paint option.

[Purple Haze]

Hi Martin I just got my 2016 Stryker Purple GTC in June...I washed the car carefully and had the whole front and rockers, door handles, headlights, protected with XPEL. It looks great! You cannot really see the XPEL at most angles if at all applies well. Hood on the Viper is huge so this expert had to piece it together. Bugs and marks rinse right off! The few slight areas you might see anything is worth the piece of mind. Feel free to contact me with any questions I'll try and answer if I can. 440-213-8934... Scott

[Dman]

As Xpel recommended, my Installer wants the Opti-Coat after the wrap, not before. Will do paint prep before wrap, then add coating.

Thanks for the replies.

Yep, this, nothing under it ... as posted you could regret any products under it in the future.

Polishing the hell out of it, I use CarPro products also, switched over a few yrs back and they're solid. As for CarPro CQ, I don't get putting CQ on top of xPel, xPel is self healing and can be helped with a hair dryer, putting anything on top seems like would introduce something that can micro scratch on top of the xPel, I'd let xPel do it's job, protecting the paint is only half of it, self healing scratches is the big bene of using it. Any place you don't film, I do recommend CQ, I use it on everything I have, cars, bikes, helmets, my Rubicon is covered in it including all plastic, etc., it's awesome and lasts. I don't know why you'd pay to have someone do CQ myself, easiest product I've ever worked with, but that's whatever.

[bluesrt]

Be sure to have your paint protection film installed first, then you can have a coating of your choice installed on top of the film. If you put the coating on first it can cause adhesion issues in the future.

and there you have it